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NEW DELHI, Mar 3: Twenty additional judges, including 10 from the Allahabad High Court and one from Delhi High Court, were on Friday elevated as permanent judges in four high courts. Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday tweeted in this regard and wished them best wishes.
"As per relevant provisions under the Constitution, the following Additional Judges are appointed as Permanent Judges of respective High Courts. I extend my best wishes to them.", he tweeted
The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud last month recommended the names of these additional judges for making them permanent judges in the high courts of Allahabad, Mumbai, Madras and Delhi.
The Supreme Court Collegium in its resolution has recommended the appointment of Justice Amit Sharma, Additional Judge, as a Permanent Judge of the High Court of Delhi. It has also proposed for the appointment of five Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of the Madras High Court, four Additional Judges of the High Court of Bombay, as Permanent Judges of that High Court and ten Additional Judges of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, as Permanent Judges of that High Court.
In the file relating to the proposal for the appointment of Justice Amit Sharma, Additional Judge, as a Permanent Judge of the High Court of Delhi, the collegium said that it is of the considered view that Justice Amit Sharma, Additional Judge, is suitable for being appointed as a Permanent Judge of the High Court of Delhi and recommended him to be appointed as a Permanent Judge of the High Court of Delhi against an existing vacancy.
On January 9, 2023, the Collegium of the High Court of Delhi unanimously recommended the name of Justice Amit Sharma, Additional Judge, for his appointment as a Permanent Judge of that High Court.
In order to ascertain the fitness and suitability of Justice Amit Sharma, for being appointed as a Permanent Judge, consultation was held with a view to ascertain his suitability for elevation in terms of the Memorandum of Procedure, with Judges of the Supreme Court conversant with the affairs of the High Court of Delhi.
The Committee constituted in terms of the Resolution dated 26 October 2017 of the Supreme Court Collegium to assess the Judgments of Justice Amit Sharma, has submitted its report.
The Collegium has recommended five Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of the Madras High Court, which are Justice Sundaram Srimathy, Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, Justice R. Vijayakumar, Justice Mohammed Shaffiq, and Justice J. Sathya Narayana Prasad. On November 21, 2022, the Collegium of the Madras High Court unanimously recommended the above-named five Additional Judges for appointment as Permanent Judges of that High Court. |
